Blue Dart Aviation is a

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based in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

, India. It serves seven Indian metro cities with its main base as

Chennai International Airport Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Tirusulam in Chengalpattu district, in the Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area around southwest of the c ...

. German courier company

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owns a 70% stake in the airline through its subsidiary

Blue Dart Express Blue Dart Express is an Indian logistics company that provides courier delivery services. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It has a subsidiary cargo airline, Blue Dart Aviation that operates in South Asian countries. In 2002, Blue D ...

. It provides service in over 220 countries and territories all over the world through their parent company's parcel service

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. Blue Dart opened its dedicated cargo facility at Mumbai airport near Terminal 1 on 7 February 2019. The facility measures and has air-side and city-side access, allowing for faster transfer of shipments.

Destinations

Blue Dart Aviation flies to the following destinations within India, as of February 2023: Blue Dart at IGIA

Fleet

Current fleet

As of April 2023, Blue Dart Aviation operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

The airline operated the

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until 2014.

References

{{Airlines of India Companies based in Chennai Airlines of India Airlines established in 1995 Cargo airlines of India 1995 establishments in Tamil Nadu Indian companies established in 1995